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JUST IN: A dormant Bitcoin whale has moved 5,908 $BTC — worth about $383 million — after sitting untouched for more than 8.5 years, transferring the entire balance to a new address rather than an exchange. [Spoken audio]: Someone just woke up from an eight-and-a-half-year nap and casually stretched with $383 million. A Bitcoin wallet that hadn't twitched since December 14th, 2017, peak of that bull run when everyone's uncle was suddenly a crypto genius, moved its entire stash on Thursday. All of it. 5,907 BTC shifted in one go at about a quarter-past midnight UTC, according to Galaxy Research. And before you scream dump incoming, here's the detail that matters. The coins went to a fresh address, not an exchange. Nobody's selling, yet. The patience on this person is genuinely unsettling to me. They bought in late 2017, then sat through the 2018 crash, a pandemic, multiple bull and bear cycles, and never once flinched. Galaxy reckons the position is up about $285 million, a 291% gain just for doing absolutely nothing. Meanwhile, I check my portfolio during dinner. So what is this? Could be housekeeping, moving to a newer, safer wallet format. Could be estate planning. Could be someone finally remembering a password after eight years of cold sweats. Or it could be step one of a very slow walk toward the exit, and with Bitcoin sitting around 64,500, the timing wouldn't be crazy. Old coins moving always spooks this market a little, even when nothing sells. The only thing that settles it is watching where those coins go next. So any of that 5,908 BTC lands on a known exchange within the next 30 days. Hit or miss? This is Sarah White reporting for hit.com